With Ramón Laureano and Ryan O’Hearn in the fold, the Padres suddenly have more left fielders than they need.
And they still have Tirso Ornelas developing at Triple-A El Paso.
Ornelas homered twice on Tuesday, leading Triple-A El Paso to a 9-7 win at Reno.
The blasts pushed Ornelas’ total to five in this challenging season. He made his MLB debut in April, but he was just 1-for-14 with an RBI, two walks and two strikeouts in seven games and he went on to miss nearly two months with a mild case of plantar fasciitis.
Ornelas went 0-for-5 in his return on Friday, 1-for-4 on Sunday and on Tuesday drove in four runs on his two blasts.
Ornelas is hitting .291/.375/.429 with 34 RBIs in 50 games. He hit .297/.367/.497 with 23 homers and 89 RBIs in 128 games last year at Triple-A El Paso.
Catcher Rodolfo Duran (.803 OPS) drove in two runs on three hits and second baseman Will Wagner (.964 OPS) drove in two runs on two hits.
Left-hander JP Sears (1-0, 3.60 ERA) struck out three and allowed two runs on six hits and a walk in five innings in the win in his first start since his demotion from the majors.
El Paso is 62-52.
Tuesday’s scoreboard
DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (55-54)
Tulsa 8, Missions 5: SS Francisco Acuña (.706 OPS) went 3-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and two runs scored. DH Albert Fabian (.836 OPS) and RF Moises Gomez (.685 OPS) both had two hits and 3B Devin Ortiz (.651 OPS) had a double. RHP Victor Lizarraga (7.36 ERA) allowed four runs in three innings in the start. RHP Garrett Hawkins (3.60 ERA) allowed two runs on three walks and two hits. The Missions have lost six in a row.
HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (51-57)
TinCaps 6, W. Michigan 1: CF Kai Roberts (.592 OPS) drove in three runs on two hits, including his fourth homer. 2B Zach Evans (.399 OPS) went 1-for-4 with two RBIs. RF Braedon Karpathios (.804 OPS) went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run scored. C Brendan Durfee (.620 OPS) went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. RHP Ian Koenig (5-6, 5.17 ERA) struck out seven and allowed a run on five hits and a walk in seven innings in the win.
LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (49-60)
San Jose 13, Storm 2: RHP Humberto Cruz (0-3, 6.97 ERA) struck out five but allowed three runs in 2⅔ innings in the loss. SS Jorge Quintana (.546 OPS) and 2B Dylan Grego (.599 OPS) both had two hits. 1B Kale Fountain (.564 OPS) went 1-for-1 with three walks and a run scored. LF Alex McCoy (.901 OPS) went 1-for-2 with a triple, an RBI and two walks.
ROOKIE DSL BROWN (18-32)
Reds 4, Padres 3: RF Jose Bericoto (.580 OPS) went 2-for-2 with a double, two walks and a run scored. 1B Andres Garza (.603 OPS) and 2B Yonaiker Hernandez (.582 OPS) also had doubles.
ROOKIE DSL GOLD (35-16)
Padres 10, Reds 5 (7): SS Jhoan De La Cruz (.829 OPS) went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. LF Eddson Martinez (.842 OPS) went 2-for-2 with an RBI, a walk and a run scored. LHP Marco Eluscat (3-3, 5.32 ERA) struck out seven over four no-hit innings in relief in the win.